I Capture the Castle Review

I saw the Northern Ireland premiere of this at the end of my exams, in the little university cinema that's arty enough to call itself a 'film theatre' instead of a 'cinema'. I liked it a lot--not loved it absolutely, and have been meaning to review it for ages.

( Contains spoilers for "I Capture the Castle" )

Waiting for Potter...

All over the world, people are reading IT. I am determinedly avoiding spoilers--I'm not even going to look at my Friends list in case I am tempted. Two more days--be strong!

Last night I dreamt that it was H/H and Falcon crowed over all the R/H shippers. It was nearly a relief to have the Luke/Leia dream after that one!

If it goes H/H my confidence in my ability to read and understand a text shall be severely shaken. Falcon's oh-so-brilliant analysis of Star Wars had me pretty well discounting him from the start. Harry=Han because Han was played by Harrison Ford, who is sometimes called 'Harry'. Ron=Luke because they're 'both whiny'. Luke is the person who 'whines and laments his fate'. Han is the Hero--Luke did heroic things 'because he was told to'.

Did this man watch the same films as I did, or did he have the Basher's Edition?? (You know, I thought Luke's tendency was to do the exact opposite of what he was told to: Stay put and guard the droids--No, let's rescue the princess! Don't go to Cloud City--They're my friends, I've got to help them! You must destroy Vader--I can't kill my own father! Admittedly with varied degrees of success, but he's only human. And reckless. And brave. And almost impossibly altruistic. I love Luke, did I ever mention that? :-D)

Anyway, this guy also comes up with gems such as 'Ron is gay'--oh, that would be why he has four times the reaction of Harry to Veelas, then? He's what you call an orc. The thought of him being right and me (and not just me, people like Angua and Fernwithy and Sreya) being wrong...

I'm worried about the death too. Apparently it's a surprising one, so not Dumbledore. (Hero's Mentor=large target on back saying 'Shoot here'). I was prepared for Dumbledore, Hagrid and Snape to die. See, JKR, one per book?? Please??

People I expect to die: Dumbledore, Hagrid and Snape.
People I would probably stop reading the series if they died: The Trio, Ginny, Remus, Molly and Arthur.
People I am very worried about: The rest of the Weasleys, Sirius, McGonagall, Cho, Neville.
Everyone else I could cope with...I wouldn't like Draco Malfoy to die, but I think he'll be around till Book Seven anyroad.

I've got a horrible feeling it's Sirius...come on, hasn't Harry lost enough parents already?!

Eeep

I WANT TO KNOW WHO DIES!!

zsenya says she feels like draping the Sugarquill in black. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Harry or Ron or Hermione or Ginny!!

Actually, I now have theorised it's Draco. Or Fleur. Don't tell me, anyone. I will suffer two days more.

On a brighter note, JKR looked squicked at the mention of H/H! Like I said, Luke and Leia have more chemistry. Down, subconscious!!